Landscaping Enhancement Crew Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Company car
• Competitive salary
• Training & development

Landscaping Enhancement Crew Leader / Snow Plow Driver Company: U.S. Lawns Cleveland East
Location: Cleveland East and surrounding areas
Employment Type: Full-time, year-round

U.S. Lawns Cleveland East is seeking an experienced Landscaping Enhancement Crew Leader with proven commercial snow-plowing experience. This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who can manage a crew, complete high-quality landscape and hardscape projects, operate equipment safely, and take responsibility for each job from start to finish.

During the winter season, this position will transition into commercial snow and ice management duties.

Required Experience

Applicants must have professional experience in the following areas:

• Leading and working alongside a landscaping enhancement crew.

• New lawn installation, including grading, soil preparation, seeding, sod installation, and final cleanup.

• Patio installation, including layout, excavation, base preparation, compaction, leveling, cutting, and paver installation.

• Retaining-wall construction, including excavation, base preparation, drainage, leveling, and block installation.

• Shrub, bush, hedge, and ornamental-tree trimming.

• Proper pruning techniques for common landscape plants.

• Mulch installation, bed edging, weed removal, and flowerbed preparation.

• Planting shrubs, trees, flowers, and other landscape materials.

• Safely operating commercial landscaping tools and equipment.

• Commercial snow plowing and parking-lot salting.

Driver Requirements

• A valid driver’s license and clean driving record are required.

• Must have experience safely driving trucks with trailers.

• Must be able to back, park, load, and secure trailers and equipment.

• Must be able to operate company vehicles safely and follow all traffic and company safety rules.

• Must immediately report accidents, property damage, tickets, vehicle problems, and unsafe conditions.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead, train, motivate, and work alongside enhancement crew members.

• Review daily work orders, property instructions, project plans, and production goals.

• Organize labor, materials, equipment, and tools before leaving the shop.

• Assign daily responsibilities and keep the crew productive throughout the workday.

• Ensure every project is completed correctly, safely, and within the allotted labor hours.

• Maintain high standards for workmanship, property appearance, and cleanup.

• Verify measurements, grades, elevations, layouts, material quantities, and installation details.

• Communicate project progress, additional work, material shortages, and jobsite concerns to management.

• Prevent unnecessary overtime, wasted materials, equipment abuse, and property damage.

• Train crew members on proper installation methods, equipment operation, and safe work practices.

• Perform final quality-control inspections before leaving each jobsite.

• Maintain a professional attitude when communicating with customers, vendors, coworkers, and management.

• Keep trucks, trailers, tools, equipment, and work areas clean and organized.

Landscape Enhancement Responsibilities

• Install new lawns using seed or sod.

• Perform light grading, soil preparation, lawn repairs, and final site cleanup.

• Build patios, walkways, and other paver areas.

• Construct retaining walls according to proper installation and drainage practices.

• Install and renovate flowerbeds and landscape areas.

• Plant trees, shrubs, flowers, and ornamental plants.

• Trim shrubs, bushes, hedges, and ornamental trees.

• Properly prune plants based on their type, condition, and season.

• Edge beds and install mulch at the correct depth.

• Remove weeds, overgrowth, unwanted plants, and landscape debris.

• Perform lawn and flowerbed enhancement work according to company standards.

• Safely operate skid steers, compactors, saws, tillers, sod cutters, mowers, trimmers, blowers, and other equipment when qualified.

Snow and Ice Responsibilities

• Commercial snow-plowing experience is required.

• Safely plow commercial parking lots, drive lanes, loading areas, and other assigned locations.

• Apply salt evenly and correctly based on site conditions and instructions.

• Experience operating a skid steer for snow removal is a plus.

• Snow and ice management certifications or related training are a plus.

• Assist with shoveling, snow blowing, or hand salting when plowing is completed or additional help is needed.

• Must be available for snow and ice work any day of the week, including nights, weekends, and major holidays.

• Must remain reachable and report when called during winter weather events.

• Inspect plow trucks, spreaders, lights, and safety equipment before and after use.

• Protect curbs, buildings, signs, vehicles, landscaping, and other property features from damage.

Phone and Documentation Requirements

• Must have a reliable smartphone with active service.

• Must be able to use company mobile applications to receive assignments and review property information.

• Check in and out at each landscaping, plowing, or salting location as required.

• Accurately record labor, materials, arrival times, departure times, and completed services.

• Upload required before-and-after photographs and job notes.

• Use the phone and mobile app only while safely parked or away from operating equipment.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be dependable, accountable, organized, and safety-focused.

• Must be drug-free and able to pass a drug screening if required.

• Must report to work free from alcohol, drugs, or any substance that could affect safe job performance.

• Ability to understand measurements, grades, material quantities, and basic project layouts.

• Strong communication, time-management, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently without constant supervision.

• Willingness to accept responsibility for crew performance, job quality, safety, and productivity.

• Reliable transportation to and from the shop is required.

Physical Requirements

This is a physically demanding, hands-on leadership position. Applicants must be able to safely perform the following duties, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Lift and carry plants, pavers, retaining-wall blocks, mulch, soil, salt, tools, and other job materials.

• Repeatedly bend, lift, kneel, twist, push, pull, dig, shovel, and rake.

• Walk and work on uneven, muddy, snowy, or icy surfaces.

• Operate equipment that may create noise, vibration, bouncing, or sudden movement.

• Work outdoors in heat, cold, rain, wind, snow, and changing weather conditions.

• Shovel snow, perform hand salting, and assist sidewalk crews when necessary.

• Remain alert and work safely during long landscaping days or overnight snow events.

What We Expect

We are looking for an experienced working crew leader—not someone who only gives directions. The right candidate will lead by example, take ownership of every project, care for company equipment, maintain accurate documentation, support the team, and deliver professional results for our customers.

Schedule: Landscaping work is primarily performed during regular daytime hours. Snow and ice events may require overnight, early-morning, weekend, and major-holiday availability.

To apply, please provide your name, phone number, landscaping and hardscaping experience, crew leadership experience, snow-plowing and salting experience, equipment you have operated, certifications or training, and current driver’s license status.